Officials announced his withdrawal overnight but didn’t give details on the illness.

Chiesa, who was scheduled to fight in his home state, was supposed to meet Marcus LeVesseur (22-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC), a replacement for injured Rafaello Oliveira (15-5, 2-3 UFC). However, LeVesseur is expected to be pulled from the card, as well.

UFC on FOX 5 takes place Saturday at KeyArena in Seattle. The four-fight main card airs on FOX following prelims on FX and Facebook. Chiesa vs. LeVesseur was slated for the FX-televised prelims.

While the FX card is expected to feature six fights, only four are currently set for the three-hour lineup.

Recently, lightweights Daron Cruickshank (11-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Henry Martinez (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) were promoted to the FX-televised prelims, and featherweights Dennis Siver (20-8 MMA, 9-5 UFC) and Nam Phan (18-10 MMA, 2-3 UFC) were demoted to the Facebook-stream prelims. However, with the loss of Chiesa vs. LeVesseur, both Siver vs. Phan and one other bout likely will be promoted to the FX card.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?